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Dear 5th Grade Students and Families,
I am excited about leading this year’s Safety Patrol program and look forward to working with you! In last week’s Welcome Back letter, I enclosed a Patrol application form. The patrol application is due by Friday, August 18th. You can return it directly to me or to your advisory teacher during the first week of school. Here are some important guidelines of our Patrol Program:
To celebrate the accomplishments of our patrols, we will host a lunch party at the end of each rotation. Patrols will get their next rotation assignment at each party. Each month, all teachers from the elementary faculty will elect a PKY Patrol of the Month who has served as an exemplary role-model for their peers and the school. Also, at the end of the year, we will have a special PK Patrol celebration! You will not want to miss it! I look forward to working with a great group of 5th grade patrols! Your PK Patrol Sponsor, Ms. Geiger [email protected] Important Dates:
Dear Families,
I'm writing to share good news about the 4/5 NASA trip! Thanks to the perseverance of Mrs. Cooke and the generosity of our friends at NASA, we will soon be receiving refunds for students and families who paid to attend the NASA field trip. These funds will be distributed by our business office upon receipt and mailed to the family address that is currently in Skyward. PLEASE take a moment to check your Skyward information to confirm that it is up-to-date and accurate. Funds will be processed and mailed as soon as possible after we receive them. We are grateful for your patience throughout this ordeal. Have a delightful summer! Sincerely, Dr. Carrie Geiger, Principal During our spring semester, students put themselves in the role of journalists during the era of Westward Expansion analyzing how the ideas behind Manifest Destiny affected the events of the time. Below, you will find our 6 newspapers that students created, full of interviews, videos, cartoons, editorials and more! Way to go, Treehouse journalists!
To see the class newspapers, log into Google Classroom and join the class with this code : t2fq9i Happy Reading! Even though the expression goes - April showers bring May flowers... Mother Nature is a little off schedule, and we are expecting rain, tomorrow. Fortunately, we in the Treehouse are positive problem-solvers, and have moved the lunchtime pizza party to our indoor learning community space.
If you are wondering how you can help, please bring a picnic blanket or large towel to use for our indoor picnic style lunch. We look forward to celebrating with you tomorrow! Dear Treehouse families,
This year, we engaged in action research to find better ways to connect our writing instruction between school and home. Please help us know what worked and what we can change by completing this survey. We will be using your feedback to inform our methods of communication for next year, and truly value your input! Thank you taking the time to share your thoughts and feedback! We appreciate it! You can access the survey by clicking on the link below: Writing Feedback – End of Year Parent Survey Warmly, The Treehouse Team Dear 5th grade families,
We look forward to seeing the 5th graders' presentations on Monday! You are welcome to attend! We’ve asked the 5th graders to dress “professionally” for this momentous occasion – they can bring a change of clothes to change into after their presentation. How can you help? Each student will have access to their speech on hand-written notecards, inserted in their Google Slides, and/or on their original Presentation Planning Google Doc (located in their 5th grade Writing Classroom). You can encourage them to practice their presentation speech at least a few times each day. This can happen at home, or even in the car! Your fifth grader can run through their lines of their presentation with you, with another family member, in front of a mirror, or even in front of the family pet or stuffed animal. If they feel comfortable, you can video them "practice presenting" so that they can play it back and see how they did. Make it fun, and keep it positive! They have worked hard on their project artifacts, and are excited to present their culminating capstone project on Monday! The schedule is posted below, and you are free to attend your child's presentation. Please make sure you are on time so that you can support your child from beginning to end. If you have any further questions, please email your child's writing teacher. |
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